The
George Mason Patriots have officially funked up Big Dance brackets
far and wide, shocking favorite UConn Sunday. The rest of the Final
Four isn't nearly as surprising, yet lacks a #1 seed - featuring
a #2 (UCLA), a #3 (Florida) and a #4 (LSU).

Safe
to say, there are more Big Dance entries without the possibility
of additional points than ever before heading into the Final Four.
A few of the UCLA, Florida, and LSU believers still have some
possible punch left. The rest of us . . . suck.

Friday
was a bad day to be a Hawk. Irish eyes were not smiling upon the
Jayhawks of Kansas or the Hawkeyes of Iowa, the biggest victims
of the first round of the Big Dance '06. The Iowa loss didn't
wreak nearly as much havoc on Big Dance brackets as the KU exit
did. Tennessee, Carolina and Ohio State uglied some more brackets
in round two.

The
top of the leaderboard after the first two rounds is below. That
PPR (points possible remaining) column hurts. FU KU.

March
Misery If
you didn't see Greg Owen's meltdown on the 17th green at
Bay Hill on Sunday . . . I don't recommend it. It didn't
get any better on the 18th. Demons.

Sunday,
March 12, 2006

Selection
Sunday falling on the same day as the Season 6 premiere of The
Sopranos? Unless somebody is planning on getting me onto Augusta
National in my lifetime, this might be as good as it gets.

It's
time again. The field of 64+1 is set. There are 1 seeds,
there are 2 seeds . . . hell, there are even 16 seeds! Fill out
your bracket. You might win! No. Probably not. The odds are not
in your favor. But it will give you something to do for the next
few weeks. And it don't cost nothing. Well, except $10 which you
will most likely never see again. Game on.